BSMMU Pro-VC ASM Zakaria Swapan dies

Published : Thursday, 15 February, 2018 at 12:00 AM Count : 96

Prof ASM Zakaria Swapan, a Pro-Vice Chancellor of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University or BSMMU, has died.After a long battle with liver cancer, the 54-year-old breathed his last on Wednesday at the BSMMU Hospital.He was pronounced dead around 11:45am, BSMMU spokesperson Prasunto Majumder told bdnews24.com. A dermatologist, Swapan was in charge of the university's educational affairs as one of the two pro-VCs.Born in Mymensingh, he graduated from the Sir Salimullah Medical College in 1988.Swapan served as the proctor of BSMMU between 2009 and 2015, before being appointed as a pro-VC in 2016.He was the joint secretary general of the pro-Awami League doctors' forum, the Swadhinata Chikitsak Parishad and had also served as the general secretary of its BSMMU chapter. —bdnews24.com